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Fine Jewel Box

Leftover wood is an ideal raw material for fine jewel boxes and cases. This course makes use of available materials and covers planning and production of the jewel box. Throughout this you will learn the techniques and working methods necessary to create the end product. You can choose from a huge range of possibilities for what you want to make. The structural design alone is open to a multitude of possibilities: the corners can be pronged, mitred, over rebated or be given "false" teeth and pegs. The lid can be sliding, over rebated slip-on or be traditionally hinged. The casket can be partially or completely veneered and the edges have inlays from different types of wood. Material combinations are almost limitless and you can also put some finishing touches on the casket with simple profiling.

You will learn:

Planning and execution of a simple project

The different structures and joints, their use and production

Inlaying small surfaces with bone glue

Using different tools and machines such as: block planes, rebate planes and grooving planes, various handsaws, scribing tools, routers, pull saws and much more

Peter Lanz

While studying ethnology, the qualified cabinetmaker already worked as a set builder at the Munich TV studios. He was working as a freelance art carpenter in the Munich Gewerkehalle. For several years, he has worked as a consultant for DICTUM mainly at schools and in courses dealing with Japanese wood joints.Peter Lanz

Workshop-centre Niederalteich

A haven for traditional crafts!

A mere 10 minutes drive from our company headquarters in Metten, it is situated idyllically between the river Danube and the Natural Reserve Bavarian Forest and offers ideal conditions for undisturbed creative work.

The former stable of the Monastery Niederaltaich is optimally equipped with

DICTUM is about more than just tools - For more than 160 years, DICTUM has been offering an extensive range of tools, including garden tools, materials, finishes as well as knives for the kitchen and for outdoor use that meet the highest standards and requirements. In our opinion, first-class tools are defined by haptics, ergonomics, material and manufacturing quality. That is how inspiring, durable tools are made.